Dictate
noun - an order or principle that must be obeyed

For our next project 'Dictate' (April TBC) we will be looking for 2 artists.

1. A artists from any discipline to produce a perfromance or event score.

2. A artist working in live/performance art who will interpretate that score.

If either of these sound like you, get in touch thfrstfur@gmail.com

The First Time

We are very pleased to announce the launch of The1st4, a new live art platform based in Liverpool, aiming to provide a space for North-West based artists working with the spectrum of live and performance art. The1st4 is a chance for established and emerging artists to show and develop work for the first time in Liverpool.

This will all start at 6.30pm on the 11th February (details here) in the Gold Room at Camp and Furance.

Every new event needs a start and this is it. Curator, artist and live art critic C James Fagan (The Double Negative) has brought together four contemporary artists for a special launch evening of performance ...and dance -- Mark Greenwood, Frances Kay, Steve Boyland and Ane Iselin Borgeland -- whose work reflects the inter-disciplinary nature of live and performance art.

New commissions and new collaborations on the night include: ‘The Grabber’ by performance artist Mark Greenwood (Lad Broke), features a performance score by visual artist Jayne Lawless (L5 6QW), and explores the erasing of housing across Liverpool and the displacement caused;

Improviser/performance artist Steve Boyland will perform Unruly Liturgies, a series of spontaneously-composed contemplations for solo voice, created in response to the specific physical and allusive properties of the space/location
 

 Returning to Liverpool after an appearing at 2013’s Poolside Emergency, Frances Kay (Emergency MCR ‘13) will perform ‘Sorry’, addressing notions of female identity;

 

And Ane Iselin Borgeland (Manifold) will perform ‘Micophono’, a dance piece which explores notions of identity through language and movement.

This evening of contemporary live art and performance at Camp and Furnace is free and all are welcome (free parking available). There will also be a paid bar running on the night.

The1st4 has come into existence in response to a gap in the cultural landscape of Liverpool. The1st4 aims to fill this gap with a regular series of events which will offer a space for locally based artists to show and develop new work, to network and collaborate. The1st4 also has ambitions to bring in some of the best national and international live and performance artists to ensure Liverpool’s standing as a major cultural centre.